Abstract
This research project, titled The expression of organizational dissent among Sub-Saharan African student migrants, was conducted by Délwendé Bouda, a student in the Department of Communication Studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato as a requirement for completing a Master of Arts degree in July 2015. The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate how Sub-Saharan African immigrants express dissent in an organizational setting in the United States. Three hypotheses were established for this study, and online surveys were conducted through Qualtrics. Three different scales were used to measure the following variables: organizational dissent (articulated, displaced, and latent), belief in hierarchy, and perception white racial superiority. Overall, 72 respondents completed the survey but 65 responses were eventually considered for the data analysis. The results showed that while there was a significant positive relationship between displaced dissent and belief in hierarchy there is no significant relationship between articulated dissent or latent dissent and belief in hierarchy. In addition, perception of white racial superiority did not have a significant relationship with the types of dissent used by Sub-Saharan African migrants. The results also showed that Sub-Saharan African immigrants had a greater tendency to express articulated dissent as opposed to latent and displaced dissent. The implications of these findings--especially the tendency to express articulated dissent and the positive relationship between displaced dissent and belief in hierarchy--could be linked to cross-cultural adaptation theory (Kim, 2001) and acculturation (Berry, 1980). Both theoretical frameworks suggest that migrants seek to adapt to their new environments while trying to maintain some aspects of their cultures of origin.
Advisor
Deepa Oommen
Committee Member
Christopher Brown
Committee Member
Lee Tesdell
Date of Degree
2015
Language
english
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
College
Arts and Humanities
Recommended Citation
Bouda, D. (2015). The Expression of Organizational Dissent Among Sub-Saharan African Student Migrants in the United States [Master’s thesis, Minnesota State University, Mankato]. Cornerstone: A Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works for Minnesota State University, Mankato. https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/etds/503/
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